Chapter Three: The Psychic and the Bar
Yoshiko: All righty! I hope you guys are enjoying my fanfic so far!
Rei: this was supposed to be shounen ai?
Yoshiko: *sweat drops* funny you should ask, it was a complete accident when I was re-writing it, I swear!
Rei: Uh huh…
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That night, Rei had several nightmares. They were all the same. Rei could see himself in third person and Kai was about to do 'mouth to mouth' when the dream would shift into first person and just as Kai was about to press his lips against Rei's, Kai's face would change into Tyson's. The next morning he heard the other Blade Breakers talking at the table. Rei refused to open his eyes in hopes that he would drift back to sleep. After a while the talking was too distracting for Rei to go back to sleep so he got up and joined everyone at the small table in the hotel room. He noticed that one person was missing, but all the other beds were empty. Then it dawned on him who was missing.
"Where's Kai." Rei asked nervously. How could he even look at Kai after all the dreams he had?
"He said he wanted to rent a car." explained Kenny.
"What for?" Rei wondered.
"Kai said he didn't want to have to tag along with us all the time, so he rented a car for himself." Tyson pouted. "I wish I could drive."
"Hey guys! I heard of a Fortune-telling shop. Wanna check it out?" Max asked eagerly. Thinking it would take his mind off of things, Rei agreed to going.
"That's sounds interesting." Tyson jumped up and ran out the door.
"Tyson wait! You need to put some clothes on!!!" Max called.
Tyson ran back in the room, blushing. They all got changed and headed to the shop Max was telling them about. It was an old, dusty looking shop. Almost at the very back of the shop was an old woman sitting in front of a crystal ball. Next to the crystal ball was a tattered deck of tarot cards. The old woman seemed to be in a trance or something.
"Um…. Excuse us…" Tyson said hesitantly. The old woman didn't respond… she didn't even blink. Waving his hand in front of her face, Tyson tried to get her attention then he stepped back. "I think she's dead."
The old woman blinked and smiled a toothy grin. "Hello my dears. Welcome to my shop, I know your futures." The old woman said in a misty and very spooky voice.
"Well, that's why we're here. For our fortunes." Max said cheerfully.
"Sit around this table please." The old woman ordered. She gazed into the crystal ball. "Ah yes, you are Tyson, Rei, and Max…. and you are called the Blade Breakers." Everyone gasped. "Tyson, you should beware of food… (A/N: as if he'd ever) Max, be careful of those you don't know. And Rei, just follow your heart." The woman ended the fortune dramatically.
A moment of silence passed. "That's a load of crap!" Tyson said a little ticked off. "I'm not paying for such a dumb fortune!" Tyson stomped towards the door and the others followed.
The woman looked infuriated. "Before you go, you might want these!" she held up what looked like five dolls.
Tyson laughed smugly. "We don't play with dolls anymore!"
Rei looked at Tyson in surprise. " Anymore? You used to play with dolls Tyson?" He tried to hold back his laughter.
Tyson glared at Rei. "Shuddup."
"These are voodoo dolls! I knew you would react this way so I made them beforehand." The woman shook them. Everyone took a closer look and gasped. Not only were they voodoo dolls, but also they looked unmistakably like every person on the Blade Breakers team.
"WHAT?!" Tyson looked stunned, then he grinned as if he figured something out. "They're fake, aren't they?" The woman grinned evilly and took out a needle and jabbed Tyson's doll on the foot. Tyson hopped around on one foot holding the other in pain. "Ack! Give us those!"
The woman held out her hand as if expecting money. "Payment for the fortune and then for the voodoo dolls." Her grin got wider.
Tyson groaned, still hopping on one foot. "How much?"
The woman's mouthed grew into such a wide grin, she started to look like a toad. "Five dollars each for the fortune, and thirty each for the voodoo dolls."
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Tyson and the others screamed. "That's almost all of our money!!" They pay it anyway… after being victimized to some more voodoo torture.
"Way to go Tyson," Max groaned. "Thanks to you we used up almost all of our money!"
"Hopefully, there will be some prize money for that mini tournament Kenny told us about." Rei hoped.
A car beeped behind them and Kai called. "Do you morons need a ride back to the hotel or something?" Kai seemed in a better mood. Rei blushed slightly at the sight of Kai.
"Arrrgh! Shuddup Kai! I'm not in the mood for your smart ass attitude!" Tyson yelled, apparently losing all that money really bothered him.
"Jeez Tyson, one lame joke and your jumping on my case. Just get in, I'll take you guys back to the hotel." Kai said irritably.
Everyone got in the nice dark blue convertible. Tyson grumbled about losing the money and what he'd do to that old hag all the way back to the hotel. When they arrived Kai offered to take Tyson to the bar, which instantly cheered him up. "Well, see you two later!" Rei called as Tyson and Kai left for the bar. He couldn't help but feel a little jealous at the fact that Kai and Tyson were going to do something fun without him.
Rei and Max got back up to the room and found that Kenny had left. They, noticed a note on the small table and it read:
Hey guys. I went to register us in the mini tournament. Be back soon!
Kenny
"Looks like the room is all ours for the moment." Rei sighed. (Now what? Tyson and Kai are out drinking; Kenny is registering us… I'm bored.)
Rei sat on his bed and lay down, arms behind his head. His thoughts kept drifting back to Kai. His short dark blue hair and gray bangs, those cold, dark eyes. The expression of concern Rei had seen on his face. Wait a second! How could he be thinking about Kai? Kai the angry, bossy, and cold person that was the captain of their team! Was Rei gay? No that couldn't be… he liked girls… except for that bossy girl with pink hair. The phone rang and made Rei jump. Max answered it.
"Really? Okay then." Max hung up the phone. "That was Kenny, he says you are registered in the new tournament and should probably practice at the Beyblade stadium. And now he's going out to get some new parts for Dizzi."
"Okay well, I'll be back later." He left the room and took the elevator down stairs to the lobby. Twilight was beginning to set through the windows. Crowds were thinning in the lobby and the noise was dying down. Rei glanced around the lobby before he left the hotel and looked around for the Beyblade stadium.
Meanwhile at the bar, Kai sat at the bar counter; drinking Russian Vodka while Tyson sat next to him trying to decide what to drink. Out of the corner of his eye, Tyson spotted a woman's bare leg poking out from around a corner. Tyson, being a pervert, whistled. "Woo baby!" The lady stuck her head around the corner and Tyson couldn't help but yelp. Not only was she fat, but also was probably the ugliest girl on the planet!
The woman smiled a hideous smile and came over to Tyson, who had a big sweat drop. "Hello cutie!" She called in a flirtatious voice.
"Ack! Kai help me outta this mess!" Tyson called despairingly as the lady moved closer.
Kai only snickered. "Come with me cutie!" The woman said dragging Tyson away. Tyson clawed at the ground helplessly.
"Help me, Kai!!!" Tyson disappeared from view with one last cry for help. Kai just laughed in an amused way and kept drinking his Vodka.
***TO BE CONTINUED***
For those who noticed, this was one of my first stories and I decided to go back and kind of rewrite it. Rei was originally supposed to fall in love with the cute girl Yui Aketenoi, but while I rewrote it, it started accidentally going in a totally shounen ai direction! And because I've become so fond of yaoi as of late, that's how the story will end now. Review please. Flames are welcome.
